QuickBooks Point of Sale 2013 Update

All software are designed with aim of providing maximum efficiency and effectiveness to the user from the respective software. However, it is also imperative for the user to keep their software updated and upgraded to latest version and with latest tool as well as security patches. Sometimes the initial setup of the software, although consist of many sophisticated and needed tools and features, it still is considered to be incomplete as there are certain blanks not only in feature set but also in the security. To fill these gaps companies come out with updates at intervals to regulate the software in order to make it more efficient.

Intuit® has always ensured that the software upgrades it brings out every year enhances, both, the software usability and experience of the user by adding in more innovative features and integrate powerful tools. The company outfits the new upgraded version of its software with applications and programs that had to be bought by the customer previously for some specific functions.

The same is the case for QuickBooks Point of Sale software. Since the inception of Point of Sale software under the banner of QuickBooks, Intuit® has ensured all the requirements and needs of businesses with Point of Sale is met with equal support from the superior customer care team. Upgrades to next version of the software are sure shot way of garnering best of both utility and support.

Another thing to keep in mind is to stay up to date with the small updates released by Intuit. For QuickBooks Point of Sale 2013 two main updates have been released by the name Update R11 and Update R12 of which main changes are listed below:

Update R11 Main Changes :

General

A new company file can now have a period at the end of the name.

When opening Point of Sale error message “Value cannot be null. Parameter:s” will no longer occur.

Usage and Analytic Study added

Point of Sale Addons developed by third party developers will no longer timeout on REST Queries

Customers

Customer Statistics window now has accurate data.

Will no longer give an error when adding a customer with multiple email addresses to a sales receipt.

Sales, Purchasing and Items

When selecting Item Detail in Item List it will appear without additional delay.

Correct item will now display and print when printing tags from the Item List.

Will no longer give an error when changing Price Level on a Unit of Measure item.

Search results now show correct item details.

Open PO view from Homepage now takes you to the Open PO list.

Multi Store Functionality

Remote Store will now prompt when scanning an unrecognized item.

Reward symbol now displays at remote store.

Financial Exchange

Will no longer give an error when sending a return receipt with group items to QuickBooks.

Update R12 Main Changes :

General

Point of Sale will no longer return an error if the backup screen is clicked on while the backup is taking place

Point of Sale will no longer become unresponsive when the ‘Company Operations’ window is open and the program is clicked on

The Connection Wizard will now assist in connecting client workstations to the server

Client can now be updated automatically if client is trying to connect to a server of higher release

Help section will now show correctly in all windows

Point of Sale Add-ons developed by third party developers will no longer timeout on REST Queries

Operating System information now being reported correctly when participating in the Analytics Study

MAS

Cursor will now default to the swipe field when taking a debit card as form of payment

Sales, Purchasing and Items

Multiple instances of Purchase Order will no longer occur

Customer history can now be viewed from the sales receipt

Selecting a sales receipt from customer history will no longer return an error

The correct Purchase Order will now show when accessing Purchase Orders from the Sales Order list

Selecting Purchase Order from the ‘In progress’ menu will now display the new Purchase Order instead of the Purchase Order list

Customers

Customer history and statistics will now display correctly when creating a new customer

All Displayed Customers’ will now display accurate information when exporting customers to Excel

Customer Type’ field will no longer truncate types with more than sixteen characters.

Employee Security

Employee Security now displays the correct help topic

Description of security right will now display when a Security Right is selected

Employee security group can no longer make changes to store account settings

Financial Exchange

Point of Sale will no longer become unresponsive when exchanging data with QuickBooks for larger Point of Sale data files

The full item description from the Point of Sale receipt will now be sent to QuickBooks in the financial exchange

Mobile Sync

Non-taxable items sold on mobile devices will no longer cause an ‘Unbalanced Payment’ error in the financial exchange and will send successfully to QuickBooks.

“Value cannot be null. Parameters” will no longer be returned when running a mobile sync.

Get in Touch with QB Certified Expert Team for any instant Support :

Getting these updates installed and setup with your QuickBooks Point of Sale software will demolish significant number of errors and issues faced with the QuickBooks Point of Sale 2012 and initial 2013 setup. However, at certain points technical glitches can cause interruption and stop update from getting installed. In such case best option is to call and connect with the QB certified Expert team, setup by Intuit who has commanded only the best and professional technicians to help deal with this issue. In scenario where the customer care is not getting connected due to long queue, you can alternatively call us on out Toll Free Number +1-800-274-4168 or connect with live chat through website – www.myqbpos.com.

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